83_FR_46156 83 FR 45980 - Dispositioning of Technical Specifications That Are Insufficient To Ensure Plant Safety

83 FR 45980 - Dispositioning of Technical Specifications That Are Insufficient To Ensure Plant Safety

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Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 176 (September 11, 2018)

Page Range45980-45981
FR Document2018-19677

On July 5, 2018, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) solicited comments on draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-1351, ``Dispositioning of Technical Specifications that are Insufficient to Ensure Plant Safety.'' The public comment period was originally scheduled to close on September 4, 2018. The NRC has decided to extend the public comment period by 30 days to allow more time for members of the public to develop and submit their comments.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2018)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2018-0137]


Dispositioning of Technical Specifications That Are Insufficient 
To Ensure Plant Safety

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On July 5, 2018, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
solicited comments on draft regulatory guide (DG), DG-1351, 
``Dispositioning of Technical Specifications that are Insufficient to 
Ensure Plant Safety.'' The public comment period was originally 
scheduled to close on September 4, 2018. The NRC has decided to extend 
the public comment period by 30 days to allow more time for members of 
the public to develop and submit their comments.

DATES: The due date of comments requested in the document published on 
July 5, 2018 (83 FR 31429), is being reopened. The NRC is reopening the 
public comment period that had closed on September 4, 2018, to allow 
more time for members of the public to develop and submit their 
comments. Comments should be filed no later than

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October 11, 2018. Comments received after this date will be considered, 
if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure 
consideration only for comments received on or before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods 
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting 
comments on a specified subject):
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0137. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
of this document.
     Mail comments to: May Ma, Office of Administration, Mail 
Stop: TWFN-7A-86, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.
    For additional direction on accessing information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blake Purnell, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-1380, email: 
[email protected] and Stephen Burton, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 
Research, telephone: 301-415-7000, email: [email protected]. Both 
are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0137 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information regarding this action. You may 
obtain publically-available information related to this action, by any 
of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0137.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS 
search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public 
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or 
by email to [email protected]. The draft regulatory guide is 
electronically available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16124A200.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2018-0137 in your comment submission. 
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information 
that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment 
submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enters the comment submissions into 
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove 
identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.

II. Discussion

    On July 5, 2018, the NRC solicited comments on draft regulatory 
guide (DG) DG-1351, ``Dispositioning of Technical Specifications that 
are Insufficient to Ensure Plant Safety.'' The public comment period 
was originally scheduled to close on September 4, 2018. The NRC 
received a request from stakeholders to extend the public comment 
period by 30 days. The NRC has agreed to the request and decided to 
reopen the public comment period until October 11, 2018, to allow more 
time for members of the public to develop and submit their comments.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day of September 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Thomas H. Boyce,
Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic Issues Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
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                                               requesting disposition authority, this                  1 temporary item). General                            reports; surveys; Federal onshore and
                                               notice lists the organizational unit(s)                 correspondence, policy, procedures, and               offshore production audits and
                                               accumulating the records (or notes that                 accountability reports related to timber              inspections; energy lease applications
                                               the schedule has agency-wide                            designation, cruising, and scaling.                   and issued leases; energy resource
                                               applicability when schedules cover                         7. Department of Agriculture, Forest               analysis and evaluations; land use
                                               records that may be accumulated                         Service (DAA–0095–2018–0048, 1 item,                  planning and activities; permits; land
                                               throughout an agency); provides the                     1 temporary item). General                            title, operations, and realty records;
                                               control number assigned to each                         correspondence, budget reports, plans,                wild horse and burro adoptions;
                                               schedule, the total number of schedule                  reviews, and approvals related to                     reciprocal use and license agreements;
                                               items, and the number of temporary                      standards used in systems management.                 land status; water analysis and water
                                               items (the records proposed for                            8. Department of Agriculture, Forest               use permitting; non-historic water and
                                               destruction); and includes a brief                      Service (DAA–0095–2018–0049, 1 item,                  power projects and facility records; and
                                               description of the temporary records.                   1 temporary item). Policies, procedures,              water project, engineering, and water
                                               The records schedule itself contains a                  correspondence, and the development                   quality records. Proposed for permanent
                                               full description of the records at the file             of forms used in timber sale contracts                retention are final studies and reports
                                               unit level as well as their disposition. If             and permits.                                          related to mission programs and
                                               NARA staff has prepared an appraisal                       9. Department of Energy, Federal                   activities such as the Endangered
                                               memorandum for the schedule, it also                    Energy Regulatory Commission (DAA–                    Species Act and Fish and Wildlife Act
                                               includes information about the records.                 0138–2018–0007, 1 item, 1 temporary                   management and planning files; energy
                                               You may request additional information                  item). Records relating to the oversight              and mineral final financial reports and
                                               about the disposition process at the                    of natural gas pipeline providers                     summaries; mineral lease case history
                                               addresses above.                                        regarding the prevention of unfair                    files; land use management plans and
                                                                                                       business practices including orders,                  reports requiring agency authorization;
                                               Schedules Pending                                       motions, comments, general                            historic water and power projects; and
                                                  1. Department of Agriculture, Foreign                correspondence, and associated                        water resources and delivery records.
                                               Agricultural Service (DAA–0166–2018–                    documents.
                                               0049, 2 items, 2 temporary items).                         10. Department of Energy, Federal                  Laurence Brewer,
                                               Records in support of the Market Access                 Energy Regulatory Commission (DAA–                    Chief Records Officer for the U.S.
                                               and the Foreign Market Development                      0138–2018–0008, 1 item, 1 temporary                   Government.
                                               programs to include program                             item). Records relating to oversight of               [FR Doc. 2018–19734 Filed 9–10–18; 8:45 am]
                                               agreements, program amendments,                         trade and shipping of natural gas                     BILLING CODE 7515–01–P
                                               approval letters, compliance                            including orders, motions, comments,
                                               correspondence, reimbursement claims,                   general correspondence, fee collection,
                                               evaluations, performance reports, and                   and associated documents.                             NUCLEAR REGULATORY
                                               financial reports.                                         11. Department of Health and Human
                                                                                                                                                             COMMISSION
                                                  2. Department of Agriculture, Foreign                Services, Health Resources and Services
                                               Agricultural Service (DAA–0166–2018–                    Administration (DAA–0512–2017–0002,                   [NRC–2018–0137]
                                               0050, 3 items, 3 temporary items).                      7 items, 6 temporary items). System
                                               Records in support of the Office of                     records of the National Practitioner Data             Dispositioning of Technical
                                               Trade programs to include program                       Bank that include query transactions,                 Specifications That Are Insufficient To
                                               agreements, program amendments,                         case files, and registration forms.                   Ensure Plant Safety
                                               approval letters, compliance                            Proposed for permanent retention are                  AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
                                               correspondence, reimbursement claims,                   malpractice records and Drug                          Commission.
                                               evaluations, performance reports, and                   Enforcement Administration reports
                                                                                                       that include information on adverse                   ACTION: Draft regulatory guide;
                                               financial reports.
                                                  3. Department of Agriculture, Foreign                actions.                                              reopening of comment period.
                                               Agricultural Service (DAA–0166–2018–                       12. Department of Health and Human                 SUMMARY:   On July 5, 2018, the U.S.
                                               0051, 1 item, 1 temporary item). Records                Services, National Institutes of Health               Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
                                               in support of the Section 108 Foreign                   (DAA–0443–2018–0002, 1 item, 1                        solicited comments on draft regulatory
                                               Currency programs to include program                    temporary item). Administrative                       guide (DG), DG–1351, ‘‘Dispositioning
                                               agreements, program amendments,                         support records for clinical care                     of Technical Specifications that are
                                               approval letters, compliance                            environments that include food service                Insufficient to Ensure Plant Safety.’’ The
                                               correspondence, reimbursement claims,                   and transportation documents,                         public comment period was originally
                                               evaluations, performance reports, and                   employee absence and tardiness files,                 scheduled to close on September 4,
                                               financial reports.                                      and volunteer service records.                        2018. The NRC has decided to extend
                                                  4. Department of Agriculture, Forest                    13. Department of Homeland Security,
                                                                                                                                                             the public comment period by 30 days
                                               Service (DAA–0095–2018–0044, 1 item,                    Bureau of Customs and Border
                                                                                                                                                             to allow more time for members of the
                                               1 temporary item). Forms related to                     Protection (DAA–0568–2018–0002, 1
                                                                                                                                                             public to develop and submit their
                                               financial batch control and transmittal                 item, 1 temporary item). Non-
                                                                                                                                                             comments.
                                               application, as well as tracking                        evidentiary border area audio and video
                                               activities.                                             footage, and associated metadata.                     DATES:  The due date of comments
                                                  5. Department of Agriculture, Forest                    14. Department of the Interior,                    requested in the document published on
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                                               Service (DAA–0095–2018–0045, 1 item,                    Department-wide (DAA–0048–2015–                       July 5, 2018 (83 FR 31429), is being
                                               1 temporary item). General                              0003, 23 items, 18 temporary items).                  reopened. The NRC is reopening the
                                               correspondence, proposals, policy, and                  Natural resource planning and                         public comment period that had closed
                                               procedures related to commercial timber                 development case files containing                     on September 4, 2018, to allow more
                                               sales.                                                  operational mission records related to                time for members of the public to
                                                  6. Department of Agriculture, Forest                 fish and wildlife species management;                 develop and submit their comments.
                                               Service (DAA–0095–2018–0047, 1 item,                    critical habitat designations; assessment             Comments should be filed no later than


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                                               October 11, 2018. Comments received                     nrc.gov. The draft regulatory guide is                NUCLEAR REGULATORY
                                               after this date will be considered, if it               electronically available in ADAMS                     COMMISSION
                                               is practical to do so, but the                          under Accession No. ML16124A200.
                                               Commission is able to ensure                              • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and                    [NRC–2018–0188]
                                               consideration only for comments
                                                                                                       purchase copies of public documents at
                                               received on or before this date.                                                                              Applications and Amendments to
                                                                                                       the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
                                               ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                                                                            Facility Operating Licenses and
                                                                                                       White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
                                               by any of the following methods (unless                                                                       Combined Licenses Involving No
                                                                                                       Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
                                               this document describes a different                                                                           Significant Hazards Considerations
                                               method for submitting comments on a                     B. Submitting Comments
                                               specified subject):                                                                                           AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory
                                                  • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to                    Please include Docket ID NRC–2018–                  Commission.
                                               http://www.regulations.gov and search                   0137 in your comment submission. The                  ACTION: Biweekly notice.
                                               for Docket ID NRC–2018–0137. Address                    NRC cautions you not to include
                                               questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer                 identifying or contact information that               SUMMARY:   Pursuant to Section 189a.(2)
                                               Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127;                        you do not want to be publicly                        of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
                                               email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For                                                                           amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear
                                                                                                       disclosed in your comment submission.
                                               technical questions, contact the                                                                              Regulatory Commission (NRC) is
                                                                                                       The NRC will post all comment
                                               individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER                                                                         publishing this regular biweekly notice.
                                                                                                       submissions at http://
                                               INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
                                                                                                                                                             The Act requires the Commission to
                                                                                                       www.regulations.gov as well as enters                 publish notice of any amendments
                                               document.                                               the comment submissions into ADAMS.
                                                  • Mail comments to: May Ma, Office                                                                         issued, or proposed to be issued, and
                                                                                                       The NRC does not routinely edit                       grants the Commission the authority to
                                               of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–                     comment submissions to remove
                                               7A–86, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                                                                                issue and make immediately effective
                                                                                                       identifying or contact information.                   any amendment to an operating license
                                               Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
                                               0001.                                                     If you are requesting or aggregating                or combined license, as applicable,
                                                  For additional direction on accessing                comments from other persons for                       upon a determination by the
                                               information and submitting comments,                    submission to the NRC, then you should                Commission that such amendment
                                               see ‘‘Obtaining Information and                         inform those persons not to include                   involves no significant hazards
                                               Submitting Comments’’ in the                            identifying or contact information that               consideration, notwithstanding the
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of                    they do not want to be publicly                       pendency before the Commission of a
                                               this document.                                          disclosed in their comment submission.                request for a hearing from any person.
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        Your request should state that the NRC                   This biweekly notice includes all
                                               Blake Purnell, Office of Nuclear Reactor                does not routinely edit comment                       notices of amendments issued, or
                                               Regulation, telephone: 301–415–1380,                    submissions to remove such information                proposed to be issued, from August 14
                                               email: blake.purnell@nrc.gov and                                                                              to August 27, 2018. The last biweekly
                                                                                                       before making the comment
                                               Stephen Burton, Office of Nuclear                                                                             notice was published on August 28,
                                                                                                       submissions available to the public or
                                               Regulatory Research, telephone: 301–                                                                          2018.
                                                                                                       entering the comment submissions into
                                               415–7000, email: Stephen.Burton@                        ADAMS.                                                DATES:  Comments must be filed by
                                               nrc.gov. Both are staff of the U.S.                                                                           October 11, 2018. A request for a
                                               Nuclear Regulatory Commission,                          II. Discussion                                        hearing must be filed by November 13,
                                               Washington, DC 20555–0001.                                                                                    2018.
                                                                                                         On July 5, 2018, the NRC solicited
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                                                                    ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
                                                                                                       comments on draft regulatory guide
                                               I. Obtaining Information and                            (DG) DG–1351, ‘‘Dispositioning of                     by any of the following methods (unless
                                               Submitting Comments                                     Technical Specifications that are                     this document describes a different
                                                                                                       Insufficient to Ensure Plant Safety.’’ The            method for submitting comments on a
                                               A. Obtaining Information                                                                                      specific subject):
                                                                                                       public comment period was originally
                                                  Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018–                                                                          • Federal Rulemaking website: Go to
                                                                                                       scheduled to close on September 4,
                                               0137 when contacting the NRC about                                                                            http://www.regulations.gov and search
                                                                                                       2018. The NRC received a request from                 for Docket ID NRC–2018–0188. Address
                                               the availability of information regarding
                                                                                                       stakeholders to extend the public                     questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer
                                               this action. You may obtain publically-
                                                                                                       comment period by 30 days. The NRC                    Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127;
                                               available information related to this
                                                                                                       has agreed to the request and decided to              email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For
                                               action, by any of the following methods:
                                                  • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to                  reopen the public comment period until                technical questions, contact the
                                               http://www.regulations.gov and search                   October 11, 2018, to allow more time for              individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
                                               for Docket ID NRC–2018–0137.                            members of the public to develop and                  INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
                                                  • NRC’s Agencywide Documents                         submit their comments.                                document.
                                               Access and Management System                               Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 6th day           • Mail comments to: May Ma, Office
                                               (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-                       of September 2018.                                    of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7–
                                               available documents online in the                          For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.             A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
                                               ADAMS Public Documents collection at                                                                          Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
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                                                                                                       Thomas H. Boyce,
                                               http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/                                                                                0001.
                                               adams.html. To begin the search, select                 Chief, Regulatory Guidance and Generic                  For additional direction on obtaining
                                               ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS search.’’ For                   Issues Branch, Division of Engineering, Office        information and submitting comments,
                                               problems with ADAMS, please contact                     of Nuclear Regulatory Research.                       see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
                                               the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR)                    [FR Doc. 2018–19677 Filed 9–10–18; 8:45 am]           Submitting Comments’’ in the
                                               reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–                 BILLING CODE 7590–01–P                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
                                               415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@                                                                        this document.


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionDraft regulatory guide; reopening of comment period.
DatesThe due date of comments requested in the document published on July 5, 2018 (83 FR 31429), is being reopened. The NRC is reopening the public comment period that had closed on September 4, 2018, to allow more time for members of the public to develop and submit their comments. Comments should be filed no later than October 11, 2018. Comments received after this date will be considered, if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date.
ContactBlake Purnell, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-1380, email: [email protected] and Stephen Burton, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-7000, email: [email protected] Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
FR Citation83 FR 45980 

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